Your cell phone has all the answers

More and more, mobile phone owners are turning to their phones for help, such as picking restaurants, looking up sports scores and getting directions and traffic information.

That’s according to a survey released this week by the Pew Internet & American Life Project.

It found, for instance, that in the past month, 35 percent said they used their phone to solve an unexpected problem they or someone else had encountered.

Almost a third also turned to their phones to help them decide if they should check out a business, such as a restaurant. (That should be good news for Yelp, which last week reported a $9.83 million net loss for the most recent quarter.)

Younger cell phone owners and parents of young children were among the most likely to tap their phones for just-in-time information, the survey added. All in all, 70 percent of cell phone owners or 62 percent of all U.S. adults have used their phone to get some sort of on-the-spot information in the past month.